Wednesday, March 06, 2013 8:36:31 PM"The point is still valid. The recent gun control debates are a direct emotional reaction to the recent shooting at sandy hook and the theater."

Ah ha! Yes. I see what both of you did there. 100% agree. Overreaction on both sides. 9/11 the Republicans scared the nation into two unnecessary wars. Sandy Hook the Democrats are scaring the nation into unnecessary gun bans

Wednesday, March 06, 2013 4:51:32 PM@ Markust123. A Do Not Sell list for guns would be great. The problem is that the people who shouldn't be owning guns... don't follow the rules. We have thousands of gun laws already on the books that aren't being enforced. Why keep adding more (that won't be enforced) that only make it harder for people who DO follow the rules to have access to the means to defend themselves? I think that's one of the basic arguments against gun control that gun control fanatics don't grasp.

Wednesday, March 06, 2013 2:27:19 PM"Now tell me again how reasonable this gun control push has been."

Whole different ballpark. But while you mention it I would love to see a 'Do not Sell' list for gun registration like the 'Do not Fly' list. That would have saved the students at Virginia Tech. I think a 'Do not Sell' list is the root of the fear of the gun owner because a lot of them know they wouldn't make the cut. But as I have pointed out before it is a stupid fear - HIPAA protects people from just a list.

Wednesday, March 06, 2013 1:07:43 PM" you could kill someone with a pen, keys, nails, hair...does that mean that before you get on a plane you need to shave your head , cut your nails and stupid stuff like that?"

Yeah and they could do real damaged with a broken wine bottle. Kind of my point. We need to step back the over reaction from 9/11 and the shoe bomber.

Wednesday, March 06, 2013 12:51:04 PM@markust123 you could kill someone with a pen, keys, nails, hair...does that mean that before you get on a plane you need to shave your head , cut your nails and stupid stuff like that?

Crazy people can do a lot of damage in a confined space with the most ordinary objects you can think of.

As for the hijacking part if the pilots are locked in the cabin and people would just help eachother to subdue the assailant in order not to die all would be well.

Wednesday, March 06, 2013 11:41:42 AMI have no problem with this. I don't really think small pocket knifes are a real threat. Do you really think someone is going to take over a plane with one of these?

Surly each flight will have at least one guy on the plane that is not so much of a coward to let the plane get taken over with that.